Kashyap Bandhu

Kashyap Bandhu (March 1899-18 December 1985), born Tara Chand, was a social reformer in Kashmir.

Biograpy
Tara Chan was born in March 1899 in Gairu (Noorpur Village) in British India's Kashmir region. After struggling to find a job, he headed to Lahore in present-day Pakistan and adopted a vegetarian diet, and he became the editor of the Arya Gazette. Coming into contact with independence revolutionaries, he took on the name of "Kashyap Bandhu" and in 1931 he returned home to Kashmir. He became a social reformer, preaching for the right for widows to marry, reduction of marriage expenditure, and the right for women to attend schools to get an education. He died on 18 December 1985 at the age of 86.